Before diving into the topic of the technology behind wireless hearing aids, it is important to define two key concepts. The first is wireless frequency....
While hearing aids can provide great benefits there remain some challenging situations for people with hearing loss. These include listening in background noise, groups, using...
Introduction Technology and connectivity are allowing audiological services to be provided in novel ways. The field of telehealth, although firmly established over the past two...
Solar powered hearing aids In the middle of the morning of January 24, 2002, I had been in Otse for only three days, a village...
If you are an audiologist reading this article, how confident are you that all the information and advice that you offer your first-time hearing aid...
Audiology has changed dramatically in recent years. Cochlear implants and high power hearing aids have made hearing really available to children with essentially any degree...
Audiology, like most of the health sciences professions, has been working on integrating evidence-based practice principles since the mid-1990s [1]. Professional organisations and regulatory colleges...
Tamsin Coates lives in Wallesey, UK and talks about coming to terms with the difficulties and joys of having two deaf children. Here she explains...
Newborn hearing screening is now the accepted standard of care in several countries, and is becoming increasingly more established worldwide. White [1] reported eight countries...
The young child’s brain has the ability to change in response to new stimuli, resulting in learning, the foundation of adaptive and intelligent behaviour. For...
Introduction Early identification of hearing loss in infants followed by prompt intervention is well established as the key to maximising the development of speech, language...
“Dr Marion P Downs, an innovator in the field of paediatric audiology and a tireless advocate for the early identification of hearing loss, passed away...